Buddy Dyer

Is it too early to start talking about 2018? Not for those people who have been plotting since 2014 to campaign for governor and other statewide offices.

Pot in every chicken: The man behind Florida's new medical marijuana constitutional amendment is being drafted to run for governor. John Morgan (pictured to the right) spent millions in 2014 and 2016 in efforts to pass the constitutional amendment. Following the successful...

U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown of Florida and her chief of staff have been charged with multiple fraud and other federal offenses in a grand jury indictment unsealed Friday after a federal investigation into a fraudulent charity with ties to the congresswoman....

A Boca Raton dance studio is coordinating a flash mob to raise money for victims of the Orlando nightclub massacre and their families.
Dancers of all ages and experience levels are invited to join in a two-minute performance on the evening of July 8....

Federal law enforcement officials said Wednesday that they would use a grand jury to investigate the Orlando nightclub massacre, as further details emerged about the shooting that killed 49 people.
Thirty people remain hospitalized following the early...

"Dad?" my son asked.
"Do you think this is how people will know us from now on? As one of the shooting cities?"
He was scrolling through a list of past American atrocities.
Columbine. Blacksburg. Fort Hood. Sandy Hook.
And now,...

Jack Seiler's overwhelming victory on Tuesday, in which he racked up 71 percent of the vote and crushed his challengers, gave him more than a third term as Fort Lauderdale mayor.The city's voters provided a boost to Seiler's long-held dream of winning...

If Orlando's experience with Uber is any guide, Broward County could be wasting its time.Uber still isn't following a new law that went into effect on Feb. 1 in Orlando, requiring the smart-phone-based drivers-for-hire to obtain permits and to charge at...

Jack Seiler thinks the Democratic Party's best hope to regain statewide office in 2018 is to run a moderate mayor who isn't too far to the left, can appeal to independent voters and has a record of success.His criteria for a Democratic winner just so...

100 of South Florida's most influential people weigh in on current events. Read their thoughts on the biggest stories of the week and see what they think will make headlines next week.
Richard Clark, CEO, Clark Leadership Consulting
Last week:...

If there's one decision the Florida Department of Transportation should backtrack on, it's the refusal to use state funds to build a needed link that will bring commuter rail service to downtown Miami.
At issue is the $44 million needed to build a...

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Jack Seiler and Buddy Dyer are both baby boomers.
They’re both former Democratic members of the Florida Legislature.
They’ve both wanted to serve in statewide elected office.
They’re both mayors of...

Two prominent Broward politicians have a big hurdle to surmount if they have any hope of winning the Democratic nomination for governor in 2014 – virtually no one elsewhere in Florida knows anything about them.
That's the finding of a Quinnipiac Poll...

Two prominent Broward politicians have a big hurdle to surmount if they have any hope of winning the Democratic nomination for governor in 2014 – virtually no one in Florida knows anything about them.
That’s the finding of a Quinnipiac Poll of...

Buddy Dyer and Orlando reached a milestone last week as he became the city's longest-serving mayor. To take stock of his tenure since he won a special election in 2003, the Editorial Board spoke with the mayor. A video of the interview and the entire...

Pulse victims are often classified in one of three ways: the dead, the wounded and those who made it out of the night club physically unharmed, but traumatized.
Barbara Poma doesn't fit neatly into any of those categories.
She wasn't at the club early...

Mayor Buddy Dyer laid out an optimistic vision for the future of Orlando's long-struggling Parramore neighborhood Tuesday during his annual "State of Downtown" speech."We want Parramore to be a place where someone can grow up, have...

The city of Orlando’s deal to buy Pulse fell through on Monday, when owner Barbara Poma said she could not bring herself to sell the nightclub she founded in memory of her brother.Clutching her husband’s hand for support, Barbara Poma told reporters...

City leaders were set to weigh in on new rules restricting the use of drones in Orlando, but a vote scheduled for Monday afternoon was delayed.
The policy put forward by Mayor Buddy Dyer's staff would have created a permitting process for those hoping to...